After first releasing their new single at specific billboards only, Cut Copy have now shared the video for Free Your Mind, the first single from their upcoming LP of the same name (out November 5th on Loma Vista/Modular). The track shows Cut Copy’s 90′s house influences and will definitely work to get the party started on the festival circuit.

P.S. Yes, that is Alexander Skarsgard as a cult leader.

Cut Copy will be releasing the second single from Zonoscope, “Blink And You’ll Miss A Revolution”, digitally August 9th with a 12″ soon to follow.  Accompanying the single will be remixes by Toro Y Moi, Chicken Lips, Das Moth & Kenji Takimi, Tornado Wallace, and Henning Furst.  Listen to the dope disco remix from StB favorite Toro y Moi below.

Cut Copy – “Blink And You’ll Miss A Revolution (Toro y Moi Remix)”

New Artists, Fav Tracks

That Australia…so hot right now.  Yet another excellent electropop export from the Aussie island, Strange Talk.  The group was only established February of last year, but have already made a grand splash in their native country.  With a sound likened to trailblazers Phoenix and Cut Copy and peers Friendly Fires and The Collectable Few, Strange Talk is ready to be plugged into any summer mix.  The group recently released its four song Strange Talk EP on Neon Gold.  Listen to standout tracks “Climbing Walls” and “We Can Pretend” below and order the EP HERE.

Strange Talk – “Climbing Walls”

Strange Talk – “We Can Pretend”

Finally, some light at the end of the winter tunnel.  Pitchfork has announced the initial lineup for their highly anticipated annual festival in Chicago.  From July 15-17, thousands of music fans will be delighted to see fave bands and up-and-comers from across the nation.  It already looks like a stellar time, and it will only get better with other great additions in the coming months.

Tickets are $45/day or $110/3-day pass and go on sale at today at 1 pm EST.  The 3-day passes will most certainly sell out, so grab them HERE while they’re hot!

Friday, July 15:
– Animal Collective
– James Blake
– Das Racist
– Curren$y

Saturday, July 16:
– Fleet Foxes
– The Dismemberment Plan
– Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti
– Woods
– Sun Airway
– Kylesa

Sunday, July 17:
– TV on the Radio
– Cut Copy
– Deerhunter
– Destroyer
– OFWGKTA
– Yuck

Here’s a pitchfork mini-preview from some past posts. Enjoy!

Das Racist – “rapping 2 u (ft. lakutis)”

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Sun Airway – “Waiting On You”

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Cut Copy – “Take Me Over”

With just over two months until the release of Cut Copy’s third studio album we have the first official single from Zonoscope.  Unlike the first released track from the forthcoming LP, “Where I’m Going”, we find Cut Copy staying closer to their well-established synthpop sound.  The single does tend to lean on the band’s Talking Heads influence a bit, but who could call that a bad thing?  The single is available for streaming below now (or HERE) and for purchase on 12″ vinyl soon.

Cut Copy – “Take Me Over”

Zonoscope is due out on Modular on February 8th in America.  If you missed “Where I’m Going” you can download it below.

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